The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb [Taleb, Nassim Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 978-0-679-64368-5
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2010-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Almutanabbi boasted that he was the greatest of all Arab poets, but he said so in the greatest of all Arab poems.

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Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

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In classical renderings of prominent figures, males are lean and females are plump; in modern photographs, the opposite.

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Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators.

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If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

ETHICS

If you find any reason why you and someone are friends, you are not friends.

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